title: Identification of the interaction sites of Inhibitor-3 for protein phosphatase-1.
abstract: Inhibitor-3 is a potent inhibitor of protein phosphatase-1, with an IC(50) in the nanomolar range for the inhibition of the dephosphorylation of phosphorylase a. Human Inhibitor-3 possesses a putative protein phosphatase-1 binding motif, (39)KKVEW(43). We provide direct evidence that this sequence is involved in PP1 interaction by examining the effects of site-directed mutations of Inhibitor-3 on its ability to inhibit protein phosphatase-1. A second interaction site whose deletion led to loss of inhibitory potency was identified between residues 65 and 77. The existence of two interaction sites is consistent with the high inhibitory potency of Inhibitor-3, and with current models for other inhibitor and targeting proteins that interact with protein phosphatase-1 with high affinity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 95 Grassland Road, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Lifang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 95 Grassland Road, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Zhiqing
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Qi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 95 Grassland Road, NY 10595, USA.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, 95 Grassland Road, NY 10595, USA. Electronic address: Ernest_Lee@NYMC.edu.
authors.forename: Ernest Y C
authors.initials: EYC
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D020816:Amino Acid Motifs; D001665:Binding Sites / Q000235:genetics; D006801:Humans; D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D016297:Mutagenesis, Site-Directed; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1 / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary / Q000235:genetics; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases
chemical_list: D047908:Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins; C116196:PPP1R11 protein, human; D044767:Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases; D054645:Protein Phosphatase 1